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Discover LudwigThe phrase "cerebral cortex" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It refers to the outer layer of the brain responsible for higher brain functions such as thinking, perception, and voluntary movement. Example: The study found that individuals with damage to their cerebral cortex had difficulty with decision-making and problem-solving abilities.
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cerebral cortex
noun
The grey, folded, outermost layer of the cerebrum that is responsible for higher brain processes such as sensation, voluntary muscle movement, thought, reasoning, and memory.
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Cerebral Cortex.
Cerebral Cortex (2006).
…receptors to the cerebral cortex.
The cerebral cortex is the mind.
Canonical computations of cerebral cortex.
The cerebral cortex has three somatosensory areas.
Ranck, J. B. Jr. Specific impedance of rabbit cerebral cortex.
Dopamine synaptic complex with pyramidal neurons in primate cerebral cortex.
Noradrenergic activation of immediate early genes in rat cerebral cortex.
DeFelipe, J. & Jones, E. G. Cajal on the Cerebral Cortex.
Single-neuron activity and tissue oxygenation in the cerebral cortex.
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